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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 16 to 69 years of age at very high risk of severe Covid-19 identified as part of group four of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to date; and the number of first and second vaccines given to this cohort by medical condition in tabular form. [18667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BowelScreen in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BowelScreen in each of the same years in tabular form. [18668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in CervicalCheck in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through CervicalCheck in each of the same years in tabular form. [18666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BreastCheck in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BreastCheck in each of the same years in tabular form. [18711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Tusla residential care and special care units; the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Oberstown Children Detention Campus; the reason for any difference in approach; the timeline for the vaccination of Oberstown staff; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1848. To ask the Minister for Health when he will amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and redraft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill as recommended by the Special Rapporteur for Children to ensure that children born through assisted human reproduction have rights such as family life, identity and non-discrimination and best interests legally protected in Irish law; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 2083. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a contingency for Irish citizens (details supplied) who are returning to Ireland from the USA and have to go through the two week hotel quarantine but do not have the means to pay the €2,000 fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 2114. To ask the Minister for Health the examination he has undertaken on the possibility of exemptions from the mandatory hotel quarantine system for Irish students studying abroad as a result of the fact that they were unaware of this situation prior to their departure and the enormous financial hardship that it would impose on them given that many would not be in a position to sustain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 2120. To ask the Minister for Health when the 1,700 NDI approved driving instructors will receive a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 2148. To ask the Minister for Health when the application for approval of the drug patisiran will be considered again under the Health Act 2013 for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 2567. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the research her Department is undertaking to enhance community living, neighbourhoods and social solidarity in communities; the discussions she is having with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18313/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for allowing me to deputise for him at this meeting. I thank the Minister for his comments so far on the Bill. I will not rehash answers he has given. He outlined that we are the last member state to implement these conditions and rules in respect of this aspect of the penalty points system. How many member states have both the penalty points system and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: We are the only member state in the EU where a person can get a criminal conviction for breaching these regulations.

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Yesterday evening, I received a reply to a parliamentary question I asked of the Minister for Health on the way in which a compilation of a dossier on children with autism was permitted. Part of the reply states: The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department took the matters...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that cross-Border workers will be prioritised in receiving surplus UK vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/21]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The recent decision on the application of section 252 of the Children Act 2001 has been causing a lot of heartbreak for the families of children who were murdered. At the end of October, in the Court of Appeal, Mr. Justice Birmingham held that reporting restrictions relating to offences against children would also apply even if a child had turned 18 years or was deceased. He also found that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: As I understand it, on Monday the Ceann Comhairle received requests from a number of Members for a Standing Order 42 debate on the Adjournment on this issue. Subsequently, the Government proposed changing the agenda for tomorrow. The Business Committee had agreed the agenda for tomorrow last Thursday. I would like clarity on how this has happened. We requested the Ceann Comhairle to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: There are two issues I wish to raise. The first is the changes in the Covid-19 arrangements which were announced last night on television by the Taoiseach and which should be debated in the Dáil here as well, particularly the changes in the vaccination programme. Time should be made available for that. The debate on the "Prime Time" programme last week is vitally important. I note...

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support both this motion and the amendment put forward by me and Deputies Harkin, McNamara, Fitzmaurice and Collins. Carers are overworked and undervalued and the State is completely over-reliant on the unpaid caring work done by family members around the country. The fear that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to carers has been palpable in our communities. People caring for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the halting of the retrofitting programme in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17346/21]